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Notes for GnuPG users on several platforms

General Remarks

Always use a current, supported version of GnuPG (which are versions >= 2.2 at 2020-04-22) (There are only a few rare exceptions to this rule.)

Ubuntu

current versions of GnuPG

https://public-packages.pennock.tech/ may provide packages that are newer than the distribution packages (read the conditions - certainly useful for testing.)

Debian

current versions of GnuPG

https://public-packages.pennock.tech/ may provide packages that are newer than the distribution packages (read the conditions - certainly useful for testing.)

Misc

Note that the gnupg2 Package may search for files in paths that differ from the paths of a vanilla build and what its written in the documentation.

E.g: The gpgsm[2.0.19-2+deb7u1] in Wheezy looks in /etc/gnupg2/trustlist.txt but the docs differ (Debian defect #725804).

Mac OS X

Android

https://guardianproject.info/code/gnupg/ ported GnuPG to Android, see https://guardianproject.info/2013/05/09/gnupg-for-android-progress-we-have-an-app/ and integrated the changes to GnuPG upstream and supported there (e.g. gnupg-users@ 2017-10). The app itself used to be available from Fdroid but is now looking for a new maintainer (last checked 2018-01-04).
For a different implementation see OpenPGP-Keychain via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
The 2016 study Nutzung von OpenPGP auf Android (in German) offers a more detailed look at the available options on Android at that time.

Webbrowser

https://webpg.org/ , successor of FireGPG. provides an interface to GnuPG by way of an NPAPI plugin
For different implementations see users of openpgp.js via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
http://thinkst.com/tools/cr-gpg/ a Chromium extension. TODO: License ? alpha, last activity 2012
The 2016 study Nutzung von OpenPGP in Webanwendungen (in German) offers a more detailed look at the available options for web applications at that time.

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-Always use a current version of GnuPG Version >= 2.
+Always use a current, supported version of GnuPG (which are versions >= 2.2 at 2020-04-22)
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-GnuPG 2.1.x is "modern", not all applications may already support the new features fully. So when in doubt, use GnuPG 2.0.x.
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-gnome-keyring or seahorse may pose as gpg-agent, but known versions today (2014-11) are not fully compatible with the gpg-agent protocol.
+=== current versions of GnuPG

https://public-packages.pennock.tech/ may provide packages that are newer than the distribution packages (read
the conditions - certainly useful for testing.)

=== other apps posing as gpg-agent problems

gnome-keyring or seahorse may pose as gpg-agent, but known versions today (2015-03) are not fully compatible with the gpg-agent protocol.
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-You are talking for a gpg-agent for good, if it has something with gpg-agent in it and a corresponding gpg-agent process is running. Otherwise the connection has probably been taken over.
+You are talking to a gpg-agent for good, if it has something with {{{gpg-agent}}} in it and a corresponding gpg-agent process is running. Otherwise the connection has probably been taken over.
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-(TODO link or describe better solution, link/create reports for ubuntu and gnome) For some Details see this [[http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2014-September/050800.html|gnupg-users post]].
+(TODO link or describe better solution, link/create reports for ubuntu and gnome) For some Details see this [[http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2014-September/050800.html|gnupg-users post]]. Also see the [[GnomeKeyring|general problem with Gnome-Keyring page]].
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+=== current versions of GnuPG
https://public-packages.pennock.tech/ may provide packages that are newer than the distribution packages
(read the conditions - certainly useful for testing.)
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+=== Misc
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-* https://guardianproject.info/ , they have experimental builds of a GnuPG port, see https://guardianproject.info/2013/05/09/gnupg-for-android-progress-we-have-an-app/
* See APG and OpenPGP-Keychain via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
+* https://guardianproject.info/code/gnupg/ ported GnuPG to Android, see https://guardianproject.info/2013/05/09/gnupg-for-android-progress-we-have-an-app/ and integrated the changes to GnuPG upstream and supported there (e.g. [[https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2017-October/059335.html|gnupg-users@ 2017-10]]). The app itself used to be available from [[https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/info.guardianproject.gpg|Fdroid]] but
is now looking for a new maintainer (last checked 2018-01-04).
* For a different implementation see OpenPGP-Keychain via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
* The 2016 study [[https://wiki.gnupg.org/Gpg4all2015?highlight=(OpenPGP%20auf%20Android)|Nutzung von OpenPGP auf Android]] (in German) offers a more detailed look at the available options on Android at that time.
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-* https://webpg.org/ , successor of FireGPG
* See users of openpgp.js via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
+* https://webpg.org/ , successor of ~FireGPG. //provides an interface to GnuPG by way of an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI|NPAPI]] plugin// 
* For different implementations see users of openpgp.js via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
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+* The 2016 study [[https://wiki.gnupg.org/Gpg4all2015?highlight=(OpenPGP%20in%20Webanwendungen)|Nutzung von OpenPGP in Webanwendungen]] (in German) offers a more detailed look at the available options for web applications at that time.